FACTORS AFFECTING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS; A CASE OF KILUNGU DIVISION MAKUENI DISTRICT, KENYA

TABLE OF CONTENT

DECLARATION ................................................................................ ii

APPROVAL ....................................................................................... iii

DEDICATION ...................................................................................... iv

ACKNOWLEGEMENT .................................................................... v

TABLE OF CONTENT ......................................................... ............ vi

LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................ ix

OPERATION TERMS ......................................................................... xi

ACRONYMS .......................................................................................... xii

ABSTRACT .......................................................................................... xiii

CHAPTER ONE .................................................................................... 1

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ................................................................... 2

1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................. 3

1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ....................................................................... 3

1 1 GENERAL OBJECTIVE ............................................................................... 3

1.4.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ............................................................................ 3

l.SSCOPE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................... 4

1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY .................................................................... 4

1.7 DELIMITATIONS ............................................................................................ 5

1.8 LIMITATION ................................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER TWO .................................................................................................... 6

LITERATURE REVIEW ......................................................................................... 6

2.0 Introduction .................................................................................................. 6

2.1 SCHOOL RELATED FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE PERFORMANCE ............. 6

2.1.1 Teachers Staffing ....................................................................................... 6

2.1.2 SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION ....................................................................... 7

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2.1.3 MOTIVATION .............................................................................................. 8

2.1.4 TEACHERS HOUSING ................................................................................. 9

2.1.5 SCHOOL FACILITIES, TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCES ........... 10

L2 FACTORS OUT SIDE THE SCHOOL .............................................................. 11

2.3 FACTORS RELATED TO INSPECTION ........................................................ 14

2.5 SOCIAL CULTURE FACTORS INFLUENCING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE 15

CHAPTER THREE .............................................................................................. 17

METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................. 17

3.0 RESEARCH DESIGN .................................................................................... 17

3.1 ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................ 17

3.2 RESPONDENTS ............................................................................................ 17

3.3 INSTRUMENTS ............................................................................................ 17

3.3.1 DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE ........................................................... 17

3.4.1 STATISTICAL TREATMENT DATA ........................................................... 18

CHAPTER FOUR ................................................................................................. 19

4.0 PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE DATA ........ 19

4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 19

RESEARCH OUESTIONS .................................................................................... 23

Research question 1 .......................................................................................... 23

CHAPTER FIVE .............................................................................. 28

5.0 DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION .............................. 28

5.1 DISCUSSION ........................................................................ 28

5.1.1 Cultural Practices .................................................................................... 28

5.1.2 Administration and Management ............................................................ 30

5.2 CONCLUSION ..................................................................... 31

5.3 RECOMMENDATION ................................................................ 32

5.3.1 Parents ................................................................................... 32

5.3.3 Pupils ........................................................................................................ 33

5.3.4 Teachers ................................................................................................... 33

5.3.5 Head-teacher ............................................................................................ 33

5.3.6 Examiners (KNEC) .................................................................................... 34

5.3.8 Recommendations for further research. The researcher advices that: .... 35

BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................... 36

APPENDICES ................................................................................. 39

APPENDIX A: QUESTIONNAIRES .................................................. 39

QUESTIONNAIRE I: TEACHERS QUESTIONNAIRE ........................................... 39